Episode 51 - Lauren Phelps (Hugelmaier)
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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🗓️ 10 June 2019
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Audio:
“‘I feel like a monster.’ Husband pleads guilty in ‘cough medicine’ killing.” The News & Observer, October 5, 2018.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article219420090.html
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Oh, In 2017, 29-year-old, 29-year-old Lauren Ashley Nicole Phelps appeared to have her whole life ahead of her. |
| 0:37.6 | The newlywed lived in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband Matthew Phelps, where she taught Sunday school, owned her own business, and was |
| 0:46.5 | busy mapping out her future. |
| 0:49.9 | However, Lauren's life was not as ideal as it may have seemed on the surface. |
| 0:55.8 | And during the early mornings of Friday, September 1st, 2017, the evil that had been lurking in the shadows finally came into the light during a frantic call to 911. |
| 1:11.0 | Join me now as we take a look into the death of Lauren Ashley Nicole Phelps, a beautiful, ambitious |
| 1:20.0 | and kind-hearted young woman who made the mistake of trusting the wrong man, a man that lived in a secret dark life that resulted in heartbreaking tragedy. you're going to. Born on June 9th, 1988 in Los Angeles County, California, Lauren Hugelmeyer first met Matthew Phelps during their time together in middle school in Kentucky when they were just kids. |
| 2:10.0 | After middle school, the two lost touch and Lorne went on to graduate from Swain County High |
| 2:16.0 | School in 2007 and later earned a degree from Appalachian State University. |
| 2:23.0 | After not seeing each other for a number of years, |
| 2:26.0 | out of the blue, Matthew sent Lorne an Instagram message asking to reconnect. |
| 2:32.0 | Lorne didn't recognize Matthew at first, but they soon rekindled their friendship, |
| 2:37.0 | began dating, and were married in November of 2016. At first, the young couple seemed to have a lot in common and it |
| 2:47.8 | appeared they had a solid loving relationship. Scrolling through their |
| 2:52.2 | Facebook photos revealed many similarities, including a mutual love for Star Wars, animals, and good times, with various pictures of the pair posing with light savers, cuddling dogs, and hamming |
| 3:07.4 | it up for the camera. |
| 3:10.4 | In 2017, Lauren and Matthew lived in Raleigh, North Carolina. |
| 3:15.7 | Raleigh, the capital of the state of North Carolina, is the second largest city in the state, and is known as the City of Oaks and is known as the city of Oaks for many of its |
| 3:26.2 | oak trees which line the streets in the heart of the city. |
| 3:30.8 | Lauren and Matthew resided just outside of the city center in a quaint tidy town home in the 5200 block of Patuxen Drive. |
| 3:41.0 | The primarily suburban district offers large shopping areas, parks and other amenities, |
| 3:48.2 | catering to young families. The perfect setting in which to begin their married life together. |
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